crop rotation - each season or each crop?

[Chef_uk]

I know I have to rotate the crops to stop pests and nutriants falling off but am I safe to plant carrots for christmas in the now empty carrot bed as I've finished lifting the early nantes? or should I rotate after each crop?

I have an empty lettuce bed and an empty onion bed that can also be used.

[chris]

I've planted crops as you have above and rotate in my beds at home seasonly..

I'll be doing the same on my allotment too. Easier to keep track of then

[planetologist]

Since you have the option, I would rotate after each crop. After all, having one crop straight after the other is the worst possible scenario in terms of giving the soil a rest. Having said that, many crops are in the ground 12 months or more, so if you manage to grow 2 crops in that time, it might not be an unmitigated disaster, but why run the risk?

[zazen999]

I never follow a crop with the same family. Thems my rules.

[Chef_uk]

Cheers will rotate now. Going to put some Kohl Rabi and Turnips in the old onion bed. Beetroot in the old lettuce bed, and some more lettuce in the old carrot bed. I know they should follow potato family but i haven't got any in the ground for them to follow. Will see how they get on in an (hopefully) Indian summer

[VirginVegGrower]

I rotate after crop but I have six big beds to play with. I have however made an exception on my carrots as I sow them in a raised compost bin with compost (sieved) and sand mix. So second sowing already gone in.

[Chef_uk]

Seeds have been sown. Seemed to go a lot more smoothly and less stressful this time aswell. My experience is growing along with the seeds

[Snadger]

I never follow a crop with the same family. Thems my rules.

And mine! (But now and again I have been known to 'bend the rules' without getting anal about it)

[solway cropper]

It's not going to be a disaster if you forget the rotation. People seem to get really hung up on this but unless you grow the same crop in the same space year after year you're not going to see any problems. A commercial grower near here had potatoes in the same field four years in a row. The field is now fallow but it illustrates my point.

[endymion]

We're trying to make sure that root crops (we don't grow potatoes) are followed by above ground crops and/or what's listed as 'miscellaneous' on this handy chart that was used during WW2 - it's meant to help give vegetables all year round.

[Two_Sheds]

am I safe to plant carrots for christmas

You'll be lucky my lubber ... the days are getting shorter and I don't think they'll be ready unless you've sown a superfast (early) variety

[vegnut]

Agreed with Two Sheds again.
I would also be surprised if you get any decent carrots from a sowing this late in the season.
Good luck though.

[Alison]

I got some small carrots from an early variety in the polytunnel from a sowing about this time last year but it was rather late and not really worth it.